Hair-crimper



(No Model.)

G. H. BLAKESLEY.

HAIR GRIMPER. No. 348,263. Patented Aug. 31, 1886.

WITNESSES INVENTOR BY zgm ATT NEY N. PETERS. Plmmuuw hcn Washlnglon. D. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GILBERT H. BLAKESLEY, OF BRISTOL, CONNECTICUT.

HAIR-CRIMPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 348,263, dated August 31, 1886.

Application filed October 19, 1885. Serial No. 180,295. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be itknown that I, GILBERT H. BLAKESLEY, residing at Bristol, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hair Crirnpers; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in hair-crimpers; and it consists in an article having a continuously-comented core of paper or equivalent material and a metallic corestiflening strips for retaining the paper core in its bent position.

My invention further consists in a hairerimper having a core of paper or equivalent material, a metallic core-stiffening strip for retaining the paper core in its bent position, and a braided covering continuously cemented to the paper core.

My invention further consists in certain details of construction, as will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is aview in perspective of a hair-crimper embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a view thereof incentral longitudinal section, and Fig. 3

is an enlarged view of the crimper in transverse section.

As herein shown, the crimper consists of a paper core composed of two core-strips, A A, of thicl ,tough paper,a core-stiffening strip, B, of flexible non-elastic flattened wire, narrower in width than the core-strips, and located centrally between them, a braided covering, C, inclosing said strips, and cement D, securing the adjacent faces of the paper corestrips together throughout the length of the crimper, and also continuously adhering the braided covering tozthe outer faces of the paper strips. Preferably the article described is made by feeding two long strips of paper and a long strip of wire, which is located centrally between them, into a machine, applying a braided covering, drawing the paper strips together, with the wire in the described position between them, the paper strips being, before entering the braider, passed through a suitable adhesive or cementing mixture. IVhen dry, the compound crimper-strip so made is cut up into crimper lengths, which are then ready for use. The core of paper or equivalent material supplies the bulk required in the crimper. Paper is especially adapted for such purposes on account of its lightness, whereby any number of the crimper-s may be worn at one time with perfect comfort. A paper core is also commended by its absorbent property. The core-stiffening strip simply serves to retain the paper core in its bent positions. The cement holds the strips together, whereby the covering may, if desired, be dispensed with. In a covered crimper the cement prevents the ends of the covering from fraying out in using the article. In the manufacture of covered crimpers, also, the cement prevents the strands of the covering from be ing pulled or frayed in cutting up the long crimper-strips into crimper-lengths,by firmly adhering such strands to the paper strips. The cement also permits the application of metallie clips to covered crimpers, if such ornamentation is desired.

In the particular form of crimper herein shown the cement, by adhering the adjacent faces of the paper strips together, secures the metallic core-stiffening strip interposed between them against displacement. The action of the feed-rolls employed to draw the long crimperstrips through the braidingmachine presses the paper strips together and embeds the stiffening-strips in them, as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings.

I do not broadly claim a hair-crimper having a continuously-cemented braided covering. Nor do I broadly claim a crimper having a paper core; but

\Vhat I do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is 1. A hair-crimper having a core composed of strips or leaves of paper cemented together throughout their length and a core-stiffening strip for retaining the paper core in its bent positions, substantially as set forth.

2. A haircrimper having a paper core, a core-stiffening strip for retaining the paper core in its bent positions, and a braided covering continuously cemented to the paper core, substantially as set forth;

3. Ahair-crimper composed of two strips of paper having their adjacent faces cemented together throughout their length and a me tallic core stiffening strip located between metallic core-stiffeningstrip locatedbetween them, substantially as set forth. them, and a braided covering continuously 4. A hair-crimper having a core composed cemented to the paper core, substantially as of two strips of paper cemented together, a set forth. I 5

5 metallic core-stiffening strip located between In testimony whereof I have signed this them, and a braided covering continuously specification in the presence of two subscribcemented to the paper core, substantially as ing witnesses.

set forth. GILBERT H. BLAKESLEY.

5. A hair-crimper having a core composed Witnesses: 10 of two strips of paper having their adjacent TIIEO. D. MERRIMAN,

faces cemented together, a flexible non-elastic EDWARD WV. MERRIMAN. 

